The Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Wednesday put aside an interim injunction that had restrained composer AR Rahman and others from utilizing the music ‘Veera Raja Veera’ from Mani Ratnam’s 2023 movie Ponniyin Selvan II. A Division Bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla handed the order whereas listening to Rahman’s enchantment towards a single-judge ruling. “We’ve got allowed the enchantment. We’ve got authored concurrent opinions. We’ve got put aside the impugned order by the single-judge on precept,” the bench noticed.
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The judges, nonetheless, clarified that they weren’t analyzing the precise query of copyright infringement at this stage.
Background of the Case
The dispute arose after classical vocalist and Padma Shri awardee Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar filed a copyright go well with towards Rahman, Madras Talkies, Lyca Productions, and Suggestions Industries. Dagar alleged that Veera Raja Veera was copied from Shiva Stuti, a classical composition created within the Seventies by his father Ustad Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar and uncle Ustad Zahiruddin Dagar, popularly referred to as the Junior Dagar Brothers.
Dagar traced Shiva Stuti to a number of worldwide performances, together with on the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam in 1978, and famous its inclusion within the album Shiva Mahadeva. He claimed that because the rights holder to the compositions of his father and uncle, Rahman’s model infringed upon his copyright.
Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom had earlier dominated in Dagar’s favour, observing that ‘Veera Raja Veera’ was “not merely based mostly on or impressed by Shiva Stuti however an identical… with mere change in lyrics.” Following this, an interim injunction was issued towards Rahman and the opposite defendants.
Allegations and Defence
In his lawsuit, Dagar sought correct credit score throughout platforms and an injunction towards the continued use of Rahman’s composition. He additionally instructed the Courtroom that Rahman had as soon as assured him over a cellphone name that he would try to resolve the problem, however no follow-up came about.
The defendants, nonetheless, strongly contested the allegations. Madras Talkies described the claims as “misconceived” and maintained that ‘Veera Raja Veera’ was based mostly on a standard music, accusing Dagar of in search of publicity and monetary profit. Suggestions Industries additional argued that copyright couldn’t prolong to the “method of singing” or model of rendition.
Present Standing
With the Division Bench setting apart the interim injunction, Rahman and the producers are now not restrained from utilizing ‘Veera Raja Veera’. Nevertheless, the bigger query of whether or not the music quantities to copyright infringement stays unresolved and is anticipated to be addressed within the subsequent proceedings.
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